(19585) Zachopkins Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 13 July 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Zachary Harvey Hopkins (b. 1988) is a finalist in the 2003 Discovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge, a middle school science competition, for his biochemistry, medicine, health and microbiology project. He attends the Mountain Ridge Junior High School, Highland, Utah.Naming citation (20031010/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Zachopkins is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Zachopkins is 2.55 au from the Sun and 2.44 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 19585 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 NU7 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.17 km (#12,332 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.176 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.3 |
| Orbital period | 5.43 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.09 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.51 – 3.67 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.188 |
| Inclination | 2.67° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.49 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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